Linux Mint (Ubuntu) – Helpful Console Commands
Linux Mint (Ubuntu) – Helpful Console Commands —————————————————————— How to check my current version of Linux Mint? cat /etc/linuxmint/info ——————————————————————
Mint 17
Upgrading to Linux Mint 17.x 1
Upgrading to Linux Mint 17.x It is now possible to upgrade the Cinnamon and MATE editions of Linux Mint 17 and Linux Mint 17.1 to version 17.2. If you’ve been waiting for this I’d like to thank you, your wait is over. Reasons… To Upgrade:- Remember the golden rule “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix […]
How to Set-up A Dual-Boot Linux Mint 17 & Windows 8.x Machine with UEFI firmware
This tutorial shows how to dual-boot Linux Mint 17 and Windows 8 on a PC with UEFI firmware. The computer used for the test installation is not an OEM one. Rather, it is a custom-built computer, with an ASRock motherboard and Intel Core i3 processor. However, if you follow this guide step-by-step, you should be […]
Australian Tax Department (ATO) Linux Software Installation on Mint 13
I have been trying to get the Australian Tax Office (ATO) software to work on various flavours of Linux with mixed results. For those struggling with the thought of having to find a PC install Windows, etc, etc, there is a Linux solution written in Java, and it seems to work relatively well. For […]
How To Install Oracle (Sun) Java JDK & JRE in Ubuntu via PPA
All this needs to be performed from a Terminal Session, as superuser. Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu via PPA This package provides Oracle Java JDK 7 (which includes Java JDK, JRE and the Java browser plugin). However, you can’t only install Oracle JRE – the PPA only provides the full Oracle JDK7 package. […]